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I tried searching for this but didn't see an answer. Say a cross-blooded, wildblooded sorcerer casts shocking grasp with bloodlines that matched his element, would he gain +2 damage per dice?
draconic and elemental(primal)
Good question. FAQ time.
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With bloodlines that matched his element, would he gain +2 damage per dice?
I'd say yes. The qualifier being that each arcana spells out "draconic bloodline" and "elemental bloodline", of which the character has both.
(The reverse - that the character doesn't have either bloodline, but instead has the "crossblooded" bloodline - means that these arcanas would grant no bonus at all.)
You can only have a single archetype of a class. You couldn't do a cross-blooded/wildblooded Sorcerer unless you're using gestalt rules.
Actually, I thought you could combine archetypes as loong as they don't overlap on what is given up by the original class.
Since wildblooded only changes arcana and blood line power and crossblooded adds a second bloodline, there is nothing to prevent you from combining them, though the penalty for taking crossblooded is harsh.
It is legal to combine those two, and PFS has no specific rule against it.
The only time you can not combine archetypes if if they replace the same features.
It is "modify or replace" I just worded it badly with the last post.
Straight from the PRD:
A character can take more than one archetype and garner additional alternate class features, but none of the alternate class features can replace or alter the same class feature from the core class as another alternate class feature.
Thus one can be both Wildblooded and Crossblooded. No reason the two arcana shouldn't stack - it's certainly not an overpowering combination, just a decent one, given the penalties of Crossblooded and the general uses of blasting.
Straight from the PRD:
A character can take more than one archetype and garner additional alternate class features, but none of the alternate class features can replace or alter the same class feature from the core class as another alternate class feature.
Thus one can be both Wildblooded and Crossblooded. No reason the two arcana shouldn't stack - it's certainly not an overpowering combination, just a decent one, given the penalties of Crossblooded and the general uses of blasting.
Yeah I was looking at this for a possible level dip before going straight magus for the bonus damage on shocking grasp.
Sweet. This is one area I'm glad I'm wrong.
I agree that that these archtypes can be used together, but I think the question is:
Do the +2 DC from Elemental (Primal) and the +2 DC from Draconic stack, or overlap?
AKA: Does a crossblooded Sorc with these blodlines chosen (for the same energy type) get a +2 DC to all spells of that energy type, or does he get a +4 DC to all spells of that energy decriptor?
I agree that that these archtypes can be used together, but I think the question is:
Do the +2 DC from Elemental (Primal) and the +2 DC from Draconic stack, or overlap?
AKA: Does a crossblooded Sorc with these blodlines chosen (for the same energy type) get a +2 DC to all spells of that energy type, or does he get a +4 DC to all spells of that energy decriptor?
Umm I think you are looking at the wrong thing. Because neither bloodline increases the save dc. Both of them add +1 damage per die rolled if the spell cast is the same energy type as your bloodline.
Primal
Bloodline Arcana: Whenever you cast a spell with an energy descriptor that matches your elemental bloodline's energy type, that spell deals +1 point of damage per die rolled.
Draconic
Bloodline Arcana: Whenever you cast a spell with an energy descriptor that matches your draconic bloodline's energy type, that spell deals +1 point of damage per die rolled.
So you'd get +2 damage if the energy types were the same.
Edit: The reason is because they're both untyped bonuses. It's just a blanket '+1' in each case.